Christmas is right around the corner, and we’re about to get an orange lump of coal in our stockings. Whether you celebrate or not, I hope the next week or two provides a brief respite from the real world.

Trump’s malignant shadow is obscuring everything else going on in the world. The ugliness of his campaign and its supporters is certainly newsworthy, but we’ll have a lot of catching up to do if and when the Trump phenomenon fades.

I wrote and drew this before Neil deGrasse Tyson proved himself to be no political scientist over the weekend on Twitter:

People who are anti-Trump are actually anti-Trump supporters — they oppose free citizens voting for the @realDonaldTrump.

Liquid water was confirmed on Mars last week. I enjoy space news because it is less tragic than the Earth-news. But it’s only a matter of time before an American lands on Mars and commits the first Martian shooting spree.